Computational prediction of essential genes in an unculturable endosymbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia of Brugia malayi

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Holman, Alexander G ^a   Davis, Paul J ^a   Foster, Jeremy M ^a   Carlow, Clotilde Ks ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; RICKETTSIACEAE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA MALAYI; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RICKETTSIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 73849107815     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-243     Document Type: Article

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